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CONTEMPLATION — CONTEMPLATI Pour la plupart des philosophes grecs, et essentiellement pour le courant de pensée qui relie le pythagorisme, Platon et le néoplatonisme, la contemplation (théôria , de Théa: déesse, et oraô : voir) désigne une attitude de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Contemplation — • The idea of contemplation is connected with that of mystical theology Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. contemplation Contemplation … Catholic encyclopedia
contemplation — CONTEMPLATION. s. f. Action par laquelle on contemple, soit des yeux du corps, soit de ceux de l esprit. Profonde, grande, perpétuelle, dévote contemplation. Il est toujours en contemplation. La contemplation des choses divines. S adonner à la… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Contemplation EP — EP by Mike Garson Released July 2006 Genre Jazz Label MG A … Wikipedia
contemplation — Contemplation. s. f. Action par laquelle on contemple de la pensée. Profonde, grande, perpetuelle, devote, profonde contemplation. il est tousjours en contemplation. la contemplation des choses divines. s addonner à la contemplation. Il signifie… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Contemplation — Con tem*pla tion, n. [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.] 1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. [1913 Webster] In contemplation of created things … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contemplation — I noun absorption, aim, attention, brooding, calculation, cerebration, cogitation, concentration, consideration, contemplatio, deliberateness, deliberation, design, determination, engrossment, envisagement, envisionment, examination, excogitation … Law dictionary
contemplation of death — When anticipation of death due to age, illness, injury, or mortal danger causes a person to make a gift, transfer property, or take some other dramatic action. Also called causa mortis. (See also: gift in contemplation of death) Category: Wills,… … Law dictionary
Contemplation (Kafka) — Contemplation, or Meditation (Betrachtung in German) is a sequence of eighteen short stories by Franz Kafka written between 1904 and 1912. Eight of these stories were published under the same title in the bimonthly Hyperion and were Kafka s first … Wikipedia
Contemplation (disambiguation) — Contemplation is a type of prayer or meditation. In a non religious sense, contemplation can also mean: an act of considering with attention or the act of regarding steadily. Contemplation may also refer to: Contemplation (Kafka), a sequence of… … Wikipedia
contemplation — c.1200, religious musing, from O.Fr. contemplation or directly from L. contemplationem (nom. contemplatio) act of looking at, from contemplat , pp. stem of contemplari to gaze attentively, observe, originally to mark out a space for observation… … Etymology dictionary
